单词 | Kanuri |
释义 | Kanuri|kəˈnuːrɪ| [Native name.] A group of Negroid peoples living in the region of Lake Chad, in north-eastern Nigeria; their language, which belongs to the Central Saharan group.
1876Encycl. Brit. IV. 61/1 The leading people of the country, called Bornuese or Kanuri, present a perfect specimen of the negro form and features. 1888Ibid. XXIII. 334 Barth on linguistic grounds grouped them with the Kanuri of Bornu, who are undoubtedly Negroes. 1932W. L. Graff Lang. 434 Kanuri, of the Nilo-Chadian group. 1959Listener 29 Oct. 740/1 The..Kanuri of Nigeria. 1966J. H. Greenberg Languages of Africa (ed. 2) 132 In agreement with Eastern Sudanic Kanuri has a tə- prefix for the causative in a few verbs of the ‘strong’ conjugation. |

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